80⁰+ F in Manhattan today. Who knew what the impact would be on endorphins. If you are wondering the link, there is one. Warm weather, like really warm weather may prohibit the desire to exercise, well specifically exercise outdoors, okay for that matter inside or outside. Yes, truthfully this happened this morning for EndorphinGirl^™. But one must push on and rather than going for a wee hours morning run due to heat conditions, she pulled out her mini Stairmaster, yoga mat and yoga strap and set up her makeshift gym inside.

It started and ended with 50 intense sit-ups, a one-minute plank, 25 minutes on the Stairmaster, using the elastic hand bar stretchers (50 pulls on that) when she finally broke out in a massive sweat, turned on the AC, and finally jumped into the shower to cool down!

Not a terribly long or pretty work-out, but a work-out all the same! The level of endorphin increasement was nominal, but it did manage to help start the day off more positively. Endorphins were activated. Her desire was to attempt that run later in the evening, once the weather cooled down. But once she got into the heat-encased day, the endorphins slowly began to de-activate, yes again due to the three h’s, hazy, hot and humid!. Okay humidity is a topic for another blog, because that is a whole other level of heat. A completely humid day, well who knows what affect it will have on endorphins, on EndorphinGirl^™, on the endorphin community!

Well it seems that since the start of writing this blog, some hours have past, some activity with friends has taken place, and EndorphinGirl^™ is a bit late with completing today’s blog. It must all be related to the heat thing. Clearly an imbalance with time coordination. With that being said, EndorphinGirl^™ hopes you will enjoy today’s blog image courtesy of EndorphinGirl^™’s Daughter.

More blogging is promised following the heat wave, and meanwhile guest comments always welcome in guestbook and keep on endorphin’.

EndorphinGirl^™